XXiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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145. Diagram showing Method of selecting Cotton. (H. J. 



Webber) 312 



146. Cotton Plants, showing Retention of Leaves ; and Shedding 



of Leaves ... 316 



147. A Field of Cotton, Fertilized and Unfertilized . . .322 



148. A Field of Cotton, showing the Effects of Potash in retain- 



ing the Leaves 334 



149. A Middle Burster, or Double Moldboard Plow. (B. F. 



Avery & Sons Co.) .346 



150. An Inexpensive Cotton Planter 349 



151. One Form of Plow-stock 352 



152. A Young Cotton Plant, showing Two Seed-leaves and Two 



True Leaves 353 



153. Various Forms of Sweeps and Scrapes used in cultivating 



Cotton. (L. H. Bailey) 354 



154. An Alabama Cotton Field. (Farmer's Cooperative Demon- 



stration Work) .... ... 362 



155. The Worswick-Hardt Cotton Picker at Work . . .364 



156. The Dixie Cotton Picker 369 



157. Vertical Section through the Dixie Cotton Picker when at 



Work 367 



158. Section through a Ginnery. (Continental Gin Company) . 368 



159. Transverse Section through a Cotton Gin. (Continental 



Gin Company) ... 369 



160. Foreign and American Bales 370 



161. Cotton Bales left unprotected from Rain .... 372 



162. Side View of Cotton Bales 372 



163. Bales from a Gin Compress. (Farmers' Gin Compress 



Company) 373 



164. The Propelling Mechanism of an Old Horse-power Gin. 



(From D. A. Tompkins' " Cotton a Factor in Progress ") 378 



165. Percentage of the Total American Crop of Cotton grown in 



Each State in 1908. (U. S. Census Bureau) . . . 382 



166. Percentage of World's Mill Supply of Cotton contributed 



by Each Country in 1908. (U. S. Census Bureau) . . 385 



167. Moths of Cotton Boll-worm and Corn Ear-worm. (U. S. 



Dept. Agr., Bureau of Entomology) .... 390 



